Chemistry in context applying chemistry to society

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Main Author: Middlecamp, Catherine H.
Corporate Author: American Chemical Society
Other Authors: Mury, Michael T., Anderson, Karen L., Bentley, Anne K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY McGraw-Hill Education 2015
Edition:8th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chemistry for a sustainable future
  • The air we breathe
  • Protecting the ozone layer
  • The chemistry of global climate change
  • Energy from combustion
  • Water for life
  • Neutralizing the threat of acid rain
  • The fires of nuclear fission
  • Energy from electron transfer?
  • The world of polymers and plastics
  • Manipulating molecules and designing drugs
  • Nutrition : food for thought
  • Genetic engineering and the molecules of life
  • Appendix 1: Measure for measure : conversion factors and constants
  • Appendix 2: The power of exponents
  • Appendix 3: Clearing the logjam
  • Appendix 4: Answers to your turn questions not answered in text
  • Appendix 5: Answers to selected end-of-chapter questions indicated in color in the text
  • Glossary